I am quite aware that the war began in 2003; that was before I started to blog. I freely admit that the closest I got to Iraq was when I flew over Turkey and Iran on my way to New Delhi in 2005. Some of the posts with Iraq have nothing to do with the just-past war. The very best stuff was from the Iraqi staff of Inside Iraq. But I thought somebody should reflect back on the war, and since I am the person I have the most influence over, I am doing it myself.

Apologies for the inevitable broken links. I am particularly sorry that so many pictures have disappeared.

My brief summing up: this is what you got instead of Mars. Mars, in fact, would have been cheaper.